Market – October 21, 2020
Authorities verify presence of ISA virus at Chilean salmon farm
PHOTO: Sernapesca
Virus found at Granja Marina Tornagaleones site.
Sernapesca reports that a diagnostic analysis came back with a positive result of Infectious Salmon Anemia virus (ISAv) at a Granja Marina Tornagaleones (Marine Farm) site, located in the Chiloé area, Los Lagos region, Southern Chile.
MAP: Sernapesca
The salmon farmer was then notified of the findings.
But as part of the inspection, further testing was performed on a dead fish to search of signs of the disease, and ISA could not be found that the specimen.
Currently Sernapesca is awaiting the results of more samples, it said.
